VII Read the passage and choose the best answer
Singapore is an island city of three million people It's a beautiful ……(1) with lots of parks and open spaces It's also very …………(2)city Most of the people …………(3) in high rise flats in different parts of the island The business district is very modern with ………(4) of high new office buildings Singapore also has some nice older sections In China town , There ………… (5) rows of old shop houses The Government buildings in Singapore are very ………… (6) and date from the colonial days.
Singapore is famous ……… (7) its shops and restaurants There are many good shopping centers Most of the ……….are duty free Singapore's restaurants ………… (9) Chinese , Indian , Malay and European food , and the ………… (10) are quite reasonable
1 a district b town c city d village 2 a large b dirty c small d clean 3 a live b lives c are living d lived 4 a lot b lots c many d much 5 a is b will be c were d are
6 a beauty b beautiful c beautify d beautifully 7 a in b on c at d for
8 a good b goods c goodness d goody 9 a sells b selling c sell d sold 10 a priced b price c prices d pricer
VIII Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words.
1 a friendly b religion c tent d correct 2 a comprise b realize c promise d smile 3 a chemistry b champ c church d champion 4 a beaches b goes c fishes d kisses 5 a population b hope c compose d control 6 a mention b option c federation d question 7 a ghost b office c long d modern 8 a climate b comprise c notice d divide 9 a rather b ethnic c although d without 10 a region b group c dialogue d guitar
IX Choose the best answer.
1 My father gets used to ( read / reading) newspaper in the morning 2 Do you ever wish you ( can / could ) fly?
3 We have written to each other ( since/ for ) last Christmas 4 can you divide this cake ( into/ among) four equal pieces 5 When I first arrived ( at/ in) New York, I didn't know anyone 6 We really enjoyed ( to have/ having) local food.
7 I wish you ( to stay/ stayed ) here longer.
8 Mr.Zhang isn't a Buddhist , and his wife isn't , (too/ either)
Trang 29 I feel very ( alone/ lonely) , so I wish I knew many people.
10 I (didn't see / haven't seen ) her for six months I last ( see/ saw) her six months ago.
X Choose the best answer.
1 Malaysia is divided ……… two regions.
a to b on c in d into 2 She often goes to the ………to pray because her religion is Islam.
a church b pagoda c temple d mosque 3 The United States has a ……… of around 250 million.
a population b separation c addition d introduction 4 Mathematics and Literature are ……….subjects in high schools.
a adding b compulsory c optional d religious 5 Can you tell me how many chapters this book consists ……….?
a of b to c with d in 6 Vietnamese people are very ………and hospitable.
a friend b friendless c friendly d friendship 7 They were welcomed by friendly ……….in Vietnam.
a air b matter c impression d atmosphere 8 I wish Susan ………harder for her examination.
a will work b worked c has worked d works 9 What were you doing when he ………?
a comes b to come c came d coming 10 It seems difficult for us ……….abroad at the moment.
a go b to go c went d gone 11 There used ………a movie theater here, but it closed a long time ago.
a be b to be c being d been 12 I come from Vietnam so I am not used to……….on the left.
a drive b drove c driven d driving 13 Although we are far away from each other , we still ……….
a keep in touch b say hello c keep together d keep on 14 I wish they ……….here tomorrow.
a will come b would come c come d came 15 We went to see many ……… places in Hanoi last year.
a fame b famous c famously d famousness 16 Hanoi is not very………from Kuala Lumpur.
a difference b different c differ d differently
XI Read the passage and then fill in the blank with a suitable word from the box There is ONE extra word that you do not need to use.
historical - important - famous - best - at - population - attraction - entertainment - on
Sydney is an ………(1)commercial , industrial and tourist center……….(2) the South-East coast of Australia It is Australia's largest city with a ………….(3) of more than three million It now occupies about 350 square miles The city has many
Trang 3……….(4) sights The harbor is one of the largest and most beautiful places in the world, and Sydney Harbor Bridge or " The Coat Hanger" as the people of Sydney call it -has been a great tourist ………(5) for many years However , the most famous sight here nowadays is the Opera House Some people think it is one of the most beautiful modern buildings in the world
Sydney is a very modern city , but it also has many places of ………(6) interest In the areas called the Rock and Paddington, for example , you can still see some of the first houses that were ever built here
For ………(7) , there is a lot to enjoy in Sydney The city has many restaurants , theaters , cinemas and nightclub There is also a zoo and a Koala Bear Park Some of the ……… (8) beaches in Australia are here ,too Surfing is the most popular in Sydney.
XII Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same
1 I'm sorry my father isn't here now. >I wish……… …
2 As a child , I liked chocolate very much. >When I ……… …
3 What a pity I can't speak English well. >I wish………
4 I’m sorry I’m busy now. >I wish
5 It’s time for you to go to school It’s time you
6 John smoked a lot a year ago, but now he doesn’t smoke any more -> John used
XIII Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words: 1 a recently b conduct c attitude d marriage 2 a banquet b schedule c diameter d blessing 3 a birthday b cowboy c enjoy d pleasure 4 a disease b humor c cancer d treatment 5 a persuade b reduce c offer d apply 6 a famous b village c workshop d bamboo 7 a business b experience c grandparent d chocolate 8 a generation b communicate c historical d environment 9 a embroider b department c handicraft d opinion 10.a transfer b publish c accept d remind Unit 2.I Complete each sentence with a word in the box. Modern - designers - proud - material - labels - silk - uniforms - traditional 1 ……… made different styles of jeans to match the latest fashions 2 Vietnamese women today often prefer to wear ……… clothing at work 3 The ………Ao Dai is frequently made from ………
4 ………encourage students to be……….of being students of their school 5 The word " jean" comes from a kind of ……….that was made in Europe.
6 Nowadays, students of each school have to wear the uniforms with ……… bearing their school's name.
Trang 4II Change the following sentences into the passive.
1 He finished his exercises on time.
III Put the verbs in the correct form
1 He ( wear)……….the same old coat since he (move) ………here 2 The astronaut's clothes ………(make) from special materials.
3 My brother is an architect He loves (design) ………new building.
4 Today , many Vietnamese women prefer (wear)……… the Ao dai at work.
5 Nam (award) ……….a gold medal in the chess tournament last week 6 She (often take)……….to the theater by the Greens.
7 My car (repair) ………yesterday 8 Can this car (repair)……….?
9 Water can't (find)………here.
10 He used to (take)……… to school by his mother.
IV Supply the correct word form.
1 Some young people today have a strange ………( appear) 2 Her clothes look very modern and……….( fashion)
3 What a ……… T-shirt! (color)
4 He always wears a ………shirt ( stripe) 5 She likes to wear ……… jean cloth (fade) 6 Don’t wear that dress It isn’t for a funeral ( suit) 7 It’s very hot Why don’t you your collar ? ( button) 8 That jacket is very You should buy a new one (wear ) 9 Fashion want to change the traditional ao dai ( design)
Trang 510 Jean is the material which was after sailors from Genoa in Italy (name)
V Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition.
1 Her parents were very proud ………her when she got the scholarship 2 This suit is different ………the one I saw yesterday.
3 The passage is written ……….English.
4 Vietnamese women usually wear the ao dai , sometimes ……… work, and especially ………special occasions.
5 They named their daughter ……… their favorite singers.
6 Famous designers often make their own styles ………….clothes …………their own labels ………them.
7 Sales of jeans went ……….and the shopkeepers got a lot of money.
VI Read the passage and choose the best answer Clothes
Clothes can tell a lot ………… (1) a person Some people like very colorful clothes
because they want everyone ………….(2) at them and they want to be the center of things ………… (3) people like to wear nice clothes , but their clothes are not ……….(4) or fancy They do not like people ………… (5) Clothes today are very different ………… (6) the clothes of the 1800s, all women ……… (7) dress The dresses all had long skirts But today , women do not always wear dresses with long skirts Sometimes they wear short skirts Sometimes they wear pants Another difference between 1800 and today is the ……… (8) In the 1800s , clothes ……… ( 9) natural kinds of cloth They were made from cotton , wool , silk or linen But today , there are ……… (10) kinds of man made cloth A lot of clothes are now made from nylon , rayon or polyester.
1 a about b at c with d on 2 a look b to look c looked d looking 3 a each other b another c other d others 4 a color b colorfully c colorful d colored
5 a to look at them b to looking at them c looking at them d looked at them 6 a at b to c from d in
7 a wear b worn c wore d wearing 8 a cloth b clothing c clothe d clothes 9 a were made only by b were made only of
c were made only in d were made only from
10 a many b much c any d a little
VII Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words.
1 a jean b wear c cheap d meat 2 a fashion b generation c situation d occasion 3 a convenient b together c today d modern 4 a color b choice c school d clothing 5 a argument b artist c arrow d article
VIII Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
Trang 61 Samuel started keeping a diary in 1997 5 He has written to me since April.
The last time 6 She hasn’t had a swim for five years 20 They have never heard such a thing before.
This is the first time 21 Noone has challenged his authority before.
This is the first time
Trang 722 I have never seen such a beautiful building.
It's the most 23 I have never read such a romantic story.
This is the most 24 They have never had such a cold winter.
It is the 25 You will never meet anyone more dangerous than Mrs Jones.
Mr Jones is the most 26 Man has never had such efficient servants as computer.
Computer is the most
**Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1 We have learnt English for 4 years 10 They haven't decided the exact time of the match yet.
The exact time……… ……… 11 You’re late again You’ve already been late once this week
It’s the second 12 This is my first visit to Scotland.
I have
IX Choose the best answer.
1 ……….clothes do you prefer , T shirt or pullover?
a what b how c which d where 2 My uncle was a ………He had a large collection of musical instruments.
a music b musical c musically d musician 3 The Ao dai is the ……….dress of Vietnamese women.
a beautiful b traditional c casual d baggy
Trang 84 It's ………to call at night.
a convenience b inconvenience c convenient d inconvenient 5 ………have fashion designers done to modernize the Ao dai ?
a how b what c why d where
6 The word Jeans comes ………a kind of material that was made in Europe a in b at c from d on
7 The national dress of Japanese women is……….
a Kimono b Ao dai c Sari d Jeans 8 Nguyen Du is considered a famous Vietnamese ………
a poetry b poem c poet d poetic 9 Wearing uniform helps students……… equal in many ways.
a fall b feel c fell d felt 10 It's dangerous……… in this river.
a swim b to swim c swimming d swam 11 Young people are fond of ……….jeans.
a to wear b wearing c wore d worn 12 Many designers took ……… from Viet nam's ethnic minorities.
a inspire b inspiration c inspirer d inspirational 13 Some designers have……… the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it.
a modern b modernize c modernized d modernly 14 He ………with his friends in an apartment in Hue since last week.
a was living b has lived c lived d lives 15 It's ………… to wear short skirts and faded jeans again.
a fashion b fashionable c fashionably d fashioned
XI Fill in the blank with proper words , then answer the following questions.
finally - secondary – uniform – firstly – disadvantages – secondly - styles - clothes
In many ( 1) school in Britain, wearing school (2) is compulsory Some
schools argue that there are many (3) to this system Most students don’t agree with school uniform (4) when you have to wear the same (5) as everyone else you don’t have a chance to develop personal taste in the way you dress (6) people who look scruffy usually look scruffy in their uniforms, too and you can always tell the people who come from poor homes because their uniforms are not as new or don’t fit properly (7) , the main reason why most students don’t like school uniforms is because most schools choose such colors and that don’t suit young people at all.
XII Supply the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 He (work) hard for all the week, but today he (have) a good time at home 2 There (be) a lot of changes since computers (invent)
3 The house where the dead man (find) is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being entered.
4 This is only one of his poems that (be) worth reading 5 When I came to school, everybody (be) there.
Trang 96 Look! That little girl ( run)……… to catch the bus 7 She (have)……… a headache for several hours 8 I don’t think we (meet)……… before.
XIII Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage Use only ONE word in
each space ( Sunday , housework , then , is , bought , holiday , Sundays , one )
In Britain there is a … ………….(1)now which people call Mother’s Day In the old days, many girls from working-class families in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses They had to do all the ….… (2)and their working day was usually very long, they often worked on … … (3), too Once a year, it was usually ……… (4)Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers They went home on that day and ……….(5)presents for their mothers and for other members of their families They could stay at home only one day, and …………(6) they went back to their work People call that day Mothering Day or Mothering …………(7) Later, workers at the factories and girls who worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a month, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day It ….… (8) the last Sunday in March.
XIV Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so the meaning stays the same.
1 It's a pity your friend isn't at this party.
Revision for test 1
1 Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words.
1 a corridor b correspond c worship d borrow 2 a crush b business c drum d button 3 a casual b another c man d language 4 a who b we c wear d walk 5 a tool b moon c soon d cook
2 Choose the best answer
1 When I was at school , I ………every night.
a used to study b studied c study d A& B are correct 2 They haven't kept in touch with each other ………
Trang 10a for 2 years b since 2 years c 2 years ago d over 2 years 3 We are very proud ………… our school
a in b of c about d at 4 He arrived ……….Thailand………Saturday evening a in-on b in -x c in - at d at - on 5 We wish we ……….a plane.
a flew b could fly c fly d did fly 6 We usually write to each other ………….
a every two weeks b two every week c every week twice d None is correct 7 ………does it take to get there ? - About 15 minutes.
a how long b how far c how much d how fast
8 I think it's necessary for secondary school students to ………… uniforms when they are at school.
a dress b put on c wear d have on 9 Wearing casual clothes makes students ………comfortable a to feel b feeling c feel d felt 10 The Malaysian ………is the ringgit
a monetary unit b unit of currency c money d A&B are correct 11 Wearing uniforms helps students feel ………in many ways.
a equal b equally c unequally d equality
3 Read the passage and choose the best answer
Jeans are very popular with young people all ….(1) the world Some people say that jeans are the " uniform" of youth But they haven't always been popular The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago People in Genoa ,Italy, made pants The cloth …(2) in Renoa was called " jeanos" The pants were called " jeans" In 1850 , a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas His name was Levi Strauss ………(3) they were so strong , " Levi's pants" became ……(4) with gold miners , farmers and cowboys Six years later , Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim Soon after , factory workers in the United States and Europe began ……(5) Jeans Young people usually didn't wear them.
1 a in b on c over d above 2 a make b makes c making d made 3 a although b but c because d so
4 a famous b popular c good d wonderful 5 a wear b wearing c wore d worn
4 Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1.I don’t know many English words